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Wollaston Beach

Wollaston Beach from directly overhead

Wollaston Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 4.8 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.28065, -71.01199

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Wollaston Beach Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Irving B. Patten Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cavanaugh Stadium: 0.6 mi
  • Rufe's Hummock: 0.9 mi
  • Welcome Young Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Mount Wollaston: 1.5 mi
  • Forbes Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Presidents Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Popes Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Milton Hill: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • The Lone Sailor: 1.5 mi
  • Constitution Common: 1.8 mi
  • John Adams: 2.1 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 2.1 mi
  • John Hancock: 2.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Wollaston Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillSSW 212°156 m4.8 mi
Hancock HillSW 225°155 m6.1 mi
Fenno PeakSSW 211°151 m4.7 mi
Buck HillSW 215°151 m5.6 mi
Nahanton HillSSW 210°145 m4.5 mi
Hemenway HillSW 226°140 m6.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSW 210°133 m4.6 mi
Tucker HillSW 219°133 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Neponset, Neponset River, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275215

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